I Mean ...

I mean ...

malfoy is the kind of asshole who, if you stabbed him, would laugh at you for using a cheap knife

for the last time,

a JINX is a benign dark magic, used to inconvenience or discomfort the victim

a HEX is used to wish bad luck or ill intentions on the victim

a CURSE is designed to cause direct harm to the victim

i will NOT be saying this again

Gryffindor: You’re an arrogant prick.

Slytherin: What you don’t understand is that I act like I don’t care. And deep down- like deep deep down- I still don’t care.

On the list of things that AREN’T FUCKING ACCEPTABLE, this is at the fucking TOP.

Someone twisted this Jewish family’s menorah into the shape of a swastika

Naomi Ellis and her her husband Seth spent Friday morning — the morning after the sixth night of Hanukkah — trying to explain to their three young sons why someone had vandalized the menorah the family had put out on their yard by twisting the metal pieces into the shape of a swastika.

The Ellis family had only built the 7-foot-tall menorah on the front lawn of their home in Chandler, Arizona, because their sons, ages 5, 7 and 9, had asked their parents if the family could decorate their home like the neighbors did for Christmas, the Washington Post reported. Read more.

Something I find...fascinating about snaters is their vehemence in which they swear Snape is racist, abusive, and evil, esp when assessing his teaching style and interactions with students.

We literally have a prime example of a teacher (or an authority figure to be more precise) who IS abusive: Umbridge.

We literally have several instances of teachers being abusive or threatening harm, McGonagall, Hagrid, fake moody (who ppl believed was real moody), etc.

We see Snape (potentially) harm a student once due to a trigger. From what I can recall, Snape literally doesn’t threaten students or harm them. With the Trevor situation, he literally could’ve made an antidote and probably wouldn’t had followed through with it.

I mean, didn’t McGonagall teach a lesson where students had to transform their animals into other things, which is or could be considered animal abuse?

The problem with Snape wasn’t that he was mean or “abusive”, it was that he held Harry and co to the same standards as other students.

If Snape was truly “that bad”, why didn’t any of the students, including Harry, rebel against him. If he was “that bad”, why did various characters defend him at times and/or give him the benefit of the doubt?

Because, it appears that despite Snape’s bitterness, the only one with the issue was Harry and, with reason, but for most, it appeared that Harry took his hate to an obsessive level. People weren’t afraid to question, reject Snape’s opinion, or call him out—including students—just they draw they line at his supposedly abusive behavior. Harry and Ron have literally sassed Snape to his face, unafraid at that.

I think the worst that they were afraid of was detention. Harry thought that Snape was trying to kill him based off of incorrect conclusions and obsessiveness, but they don’t have any triggering responses to him.

But, lastly, I’ve had teachers like Snape and, Merlin, many of you are overdramatic. Abusive/bullying teachers DO exist, but in my experience with sarcastic, bitter, and stern teachers, you:

1. Do your work

2. Pay attention in class

3. Follow directions (academics)

4. Adhere to class rules (guidelines)

5. Ask questions for clarification

If they aren’t abusive and are simply: stern, bitter, and sarcastic, you’ll get along just fine in their classes.

I know kids will be kids and sometimes screw around and aren’t responsible, but teachers are also there to teach you accountability and hold you accountable. If you’ve proven yourself to listen and be a reliable student, regardless of grades, these teachers typically are patient and understanding. They do want you to learn, understand, and know the work.

With the issue of Hermione, she wasn’t adhering to rules three and four. Hermione consistently wrote over whatever the allotted amount was. If you’ve ever spoken to a teacher or college professor, reading and grading papers is time consuming, esp when you’re grading a lot at once. Your eyes become tired and strained; you’ve set a rhythm, and then this one kid is consistently fucking up said pattern because she has to prove how smart she is, which you already know.

Secondly, her always having to answer questions. My 8th grade teacher, who’ve I’ve literally been friends with for 13 going on 14 years (we went to a play together a month ago), literally told me to stop raising my hand so that she could see what the other students knew. She flat out ignored me during one of her questions during class before explaining sometime later why she did that.

Snape’s annoyance with Hermione isn’t because she’s a muggleborn that’s smart, it’s because she doesn’t fucking listen. We’ve also seen him offhandedly compliment Hermione (and Ron) while insulting Harry.

We also know that he is capable of teaching his students at an advanced level. When I say capable I mean that he can successfully teach most of his class advanced work and they can absorb it.

As far as him supposedly being racist, we literally have no proof via Hermione or any other muggleborn that his treatment of them is due to race.

In conclusion, disliking Snape isn’t the same as him being an evil, abusive, racist teacher.